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Concerts At The Minidome Stories
Pocatello is proud of the Holt Arena and its history. The sporting venue has given us all some wonderful musical memories to cherish. If only the building could talk. What stories would it tell us from all the events that have been produced there? You can be certain, remembering most of the events under the dome comes with lots of smiles when sharing them with others.
Pocatello born and raised John Katsilometes, who now lives and works in Las Vegas, Nevada, as a columnist for the Las Vegas Journal Review, shared some of his memories of “Holt Arena before it was Holt Arena” in a 2020 column titled, Return to the Minidome sparks maximum memories.
The following excerpt from Katsilometes’s story is worth re-telling.
“The Minidome was also a regional concert destination. In a coincidental text conversation last week with Billy F. Gibbons, I remembered ZZ Top playing the arena in October 1976. As the Idaho State Journal reported, the band produced “probably the most sound from a trio since the Jimi Hendrix Experience.”
Such headliners of the day as Chicago, Three Dog Night, The Fifth Dimension, Earth Wind & Fire, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bill Cosby, Bob Hope, Fleetwood Mac, Rush, Van Halen, Neil Sedaka and Seals & Crofts played the 12,000-seat venue. I remember my parents regaling us with their experiences, how Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. waded into the crowd for a dance party, how Three Dog Night had the crowd howling along to their hits, and that Chicago was about the loudest show they’d ever seen.”
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Photo postcard of the ISU Minidome from the early 1970’s.
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Minidome concert memorabilia is difficult to locate and acquire. Some examples of past events at the Minidome/Holt Arena can be found on eBay and yard sales.
The Mighty Minidome Opened in 1970
355 views as of July 28, 2023 – Posted On YouTube September 18, 2020.
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Go to the 14:34 minute mark to view the video’s presentation of the Minidome’s versatile stage performances that have played at the venue.
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